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a reference to a person who would have been a citizen of Singapore if that Act had been in force immediately before his death.

(4) Section 27(3) shall not apply to or in relation to a building that was constructed before the commencement of this Act.

(5) This section shall have effect subject to section 210.

Duration of copyright in photographs

212. Section 28(6) shall not apply in relation to a photograph taken before the commencement of this Act but, subject to section 27(2) as affected by section 207, copyright subsisting in such a photograph by virtue of Part III shall continue to subsist until the expiration of 50 years after the expiration of the calendar year in which the photograph was taken.

Ownership of copyright

213.—(1) Section 30(4) and (6) shall not apply in relation to works made before the commencement of this Act.

(2) Section 30(5) shall not apply in relation to a work that was or is made in pursuance of an agreement made before the commencement of this Act.

(3) Where a work is excluded from the application of section 30(4), (5) or (6) by reason of either of subsection (1) or (2), section 30(2) shall have effect in relation to the work subject to subsections (4) to (8).

(4) The operation of any of subsections (5) to (8) in relation to a particular work may be excluded or modified by agreement.

(5) Where, in the case of a work being a photograph, portrait or engraving—

(a) a person made, for valuable consideration, an agreement with another person for the taking of the photograph, the painting or drawing of the portrait or the making of the engraving by the other person; and
(b) the work was made in pursuance of the agreement,